Okay, so the off season officially begins now that the Grey Cup is over. Lots of topics for discussion in the months to come with the Bombers & the League. A new CBA needs to be negotiated sooner rather than later.  Will there be an eventual agreement or a lockout? How much will the salary cap go up? Randy Ambrosie is on record that wants the cap to significantly go up so that is a positive.  Will Bo Levi Mitchell sign with an NFL or perhaps another CFL team? What about Mike Reilly & Trevor Harris who are also free agents? There's a new start up league called the  AAFL & there are legit concerns that it'll draw star CFL players away or hamper free agent signings with CFL teams. Coaching changes in BC & Toronto. The continuing evolving story of the expansion Halifax Schooners & possible exhibition games in Mexico. 

Edited November 27, 20187 yr by SpeedFlex27

3 minutes ago, Bigblue204 said:

I honestly don't see anything wrong or insulting about what he is saying. He's just admitting to not being able to grasp fairly simple rule changes. And this is likely because he didn't put in the work...sorry, it's absolutely because he didn't put in the work. Now he's going back to a game he knows extremely well. And I honestly think Johnny is going to get back to "star" status in the AAFL, mostly due to the QB protection they have there. What are his strengths? Creating time, moving out of the pocket and getting away from pressure. He won't have nearly as much pressure to escape, not even on par with what he faced in college. He'll do very well in that league, get an invite to the NFL again and flop once he has to play real football.

I can't see anyone in the NFL taking a shot at Johnny Rotten. He doesn't work hard enough and never will. 

15 minutes ago, JCon said:

I can't see anyone in the NFL taking a shot at Johnny Rotten. He doesn't work hard enough and never will. 

There is always someone who will bring him into training camp to create some buzz.  I doubt anyone will give him a real shot though.  "Work" doesn't describe what a person needs to put in to be successful for any length of time as a professional QB.  It has to be all-consuming.

48 minutes ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

I see Johnny is still riding hard on the laurels of his college days, that was 6 years ago Johnny, if you want to be a professional you have to put in the work.

Starting to sound like Al Bundy's five TD game...

 

 

1 hour ago, Throw Long Bannatyne said:

I see Johnny is still riding hard on the laurels of his college days, that was 6 years ago Johnny, if you want to be a professional you have to put in the work.

 

Aaand- stay out of court and avoid your favourite num-nums. A tall order for many who are ruled by ego and not smarts.

3 hours ago, wanna-b-fanboy said:

Not sad to see this guy go. 

 

2 hours ago, Floyd said:

Starting to sound like Al Bundy's five TD game...

 

 

I see your Al Bundy and Raise you an Uncle "Quarter mile" Rico:

Edited March 21, 20196 yr by wanna-b-fanboy

A second challenge only makes sense..

 

1 hour ago, Mr Dee said:

A second challenge only makes sense..

 

Big no to this. Don’t they remember how flags were getting thrown for the slightest touch of the QB in slow motion?! 

Yuck. I’m not impresssed with the CFL this off season.

Sounds like a lot of the stuff coming out can be solved with training the refs better. Shocking I know. 

1 hour ago, Blueandgold said:

Big no to this. Don’t they remember how flags were getting thrown for the slightest touch of the QB in slow motion?! 

One has nothing to do with the other. As it was, Coaches were punished for an error that wasn’t theirs. This is a simple fix which really wont lead to anything if it’s handled properly.

 

1 hour ago, FrostyWinnipeg said:

 

That's pretty exciting- I am stoked for a 10 team league!

 

Are they going with the Draft format for the Ottawa ALLCAPS? That worked out well for the ALLCAPS and wasn't too harsh on the rest of the teams. 

Edited March 22, 20196 yr by wanna-b-fanboy

16 hours ago, Blueandgold said:

Big no to this. Don’t they remember how flags were getting thrown for the slightest touch of the QB in slow motion?! 

I am not at all in favour of a second challenge.  As it is now, coaches have to consider carefully whether and when to use their one challenge.  It has added to the game.  Blown protections /coverages / etc are part of the game.  So are bad calls by the officials.  I hear that coaches lose their jobs because of bad calls - well, a lot more coaches lose their jobs because they screwed up a game plan or their QB had a bad game (i.e. their QB was not perfect).

Fans of every single team in every single sport are convinced that their team was robbed by the officials in every game ever played.  Killing the momentum of the game and making a marathon of a sprint is not going to fix something they will believe anyway.

4 minutes ago, Noeller said:

I don't really understand the impetus to change the rules? 

The problem is inconsistent application of the existing rule, which won't be solved by adding more rules and more yards. 

Start by investing in the refs. 

I like that they're letting the "eye in the sky" help out....

4 minutes ago, Noeller said:

I like that they're letting the "eye in the sky" help out....

Agreed... Took 'em long enough. But haven't we heard this before?

Yes, as a matter of fact, Alan Parsons said the same thing:

“I am the eye in the sky

Looking at you

I can read your mind

I am the maker of rules

Dealing with fools

I can cheat you blind”

 

- The Alan Parsons Project.

5 minutes ago, Mr Dee said:

Yes, as a matter of fact, Alan Parsons said the same thing:

“I am the eye in the sky

Looking at you

I can read your mind

I am the maker of rules

Dealing with fools

I can cheat you blind”

 

- The Alan Parsons Project.

Makes sense... I believe that was some sort of hovercraft...

25 yard penalties... lame

7 hours ago, Noeller said:

I like that they're letting the "eye in the sky" help out....

if that's the road they're going down then time to do away with onfield refs and let the big man in the clouds handle everything. 

I just want em to get it right... 

It should take at least 2 years to change any rule, probably even more.  Changing the rules every off-season and even mid-season is a significant part of the problem.

Maybe if the rules were the same from one year to the next the application of them by the refs and command centre would improve.

Edited March 23, 20196 yr by JuranBoldenRules

The rules are there. Tweaking them to achieve the best results is not a bad thing. It’s the application that needs work. Refs and especially the command centre, have to have more focused training. Reffing is never easy, in any sport, but the command centre should rarely make mistakes. Whichever way they decide the rules should be set up is fine because the teams are involved in this set up. 

 Refs will make mistakes, but the fail safe should be the command centre. 

Just get the call right. It’s really all the fans want.

11 hours ago, 17to85 said:

if that's the road they're going down then time to do away with onfield refs and let the big man in the clouds handle everything. 

How would you expect that they would be able to "eye in the sky" real time from multiple angles?  I don't think it's possible.  You'd have to pause after every play so that all angles could be looked at, every thing slowed down so that nothing would get missed and then, games would double in length and because people are involved, mistakes would still happen.  When you look at the number of plays overall in a game and then look at the number of questionable calls, the zebras get it right the vast majority of the time.  So then,  we need the eye in the sky for those few times that the refs get it wrong or miss something egregious.  The only thing I find inexcusable is when the replay judge messes up because there's just no way that should happen.

I do agree that all these tweaks are just adding confusion for everyone; players and referees alike.